TED Talks

TED Talk Tuesday: Work Life Balance is an Ongoing Battle

Work-life balance, says Nigel Marsh, is too important to be left in the hands of your employer. Marsh lays out an ideal day balanced between family time, personal time and productivity — and offers some stirring encouragement to make it happen.

TED Talks Tuesday: My Year of Saying Yes to Everything

Shonda Rhimes, the titan behind Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder, is responsible for some 70 hours of television per season, and she loves the hum of great work. But what happens when the hum stops?

TED Talks Tuesday: The Happy Secret to Better Work

We believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backwards? In this fast-moving and very funny talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that, actually, happiness inspires us to be more productive.

TED Talks: Off Balance On Purpose

According to Dan Thurmon, work-life balance is an intriguing, desirable and unrealistic concept.